Behind Enemy Lines (Leeds United)

I waited for Ms Whittam but since there isn't one and we play derby tonight here is mine.

Should I be found in Preston Dock wearing De-Luxe Concrete boots please direct all enquiries (via a postman as they have all been there) to Ms N Whittam, Whittam Towers, Preston

The posts below are taken from ""Unofficial Leeds United" a board I found yesterday. 

Guisboroughlufc felt confident before the match and so did a few of his fellow Leeds fans:

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  On the subs bench  Registered: 06/10/13 Posts: 8,760

Posted 07/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  Here we go again. Saturday see's game 3 of my run with the MDT(may it increase). I as I am sure are many others, very confident of the chances of success against Bolton. The team with have gained a lot of confidence and belief from the introduction of Connor and our performance against QPR. However Bolton have just slammed 4 past Blackburn, and 2 past Watford the week before, which will give them confidence. It all makes for a good game. Leeds 3-2 Ross Connor Lees.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  On the subs bench  Registered: 10/10/13 Posts: 102

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  Really looking forward to the game tomorrow it's my mates 50th so think we will be even more p1ssed than normal.Think Conner is going to rip them up  Leeds 3-1 Ross,Conner 2

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] New Signing  Registered: 09/10/13 Posts: 554

Posted 07/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  I am going for a 3-1 win Ross, Connor & Kebe

Love Perth Pommie's avatar and his optimism there and on matchday itself they weren't alone:

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] 1st Team player  Registered: 09/10/13 Posts: 593 Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  tough one to call this...they've got some deceent players, but we haven't been that bad defensively of late....so i'm going for 2-0, ross and wickham [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  On the subs bench  Registered: 01/01 Posts: 120 Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  Good luck brothers. Having read Bri's reassuring words that risks are needing to be taken, I'll go for 2-0 to us, Smith and Connor. (Kebe being "risked" to come on as sub in 93rd) Seriously tho, good luck boys.

However wildwood was less confident when he saw the team sheet and Marsh Spain was not very impressed either

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] 1st Team player  Registered: 09/10/13 Posts: 593

Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  did i say 2-0....i can't see a clean sheet now. at least zaliukas is on the bench...

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] 1st Team player  Registered: 05/10/13 Posts: 380

Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  has Zaliukas sh1-te in Bri's wifes handbag or what? our most gifted CB he's 4th in line, astounding Jeff!!

In part Two the match gets underway. 

Is this the BEL end or is it longer than it looks?

This is where it all went to pot for Leeds United and their fans: The Second Half Collapse

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] On the subs bench  Registered: 10/10/13 Posts: 683	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  2-0 to Bolton. F*ck. So predictable. No marking whatsoever.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] On the subs bench  Registered: 05/10/13 Posts: 3,105	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  2-0 shockingly bad
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] On the subs bench  Registered: 05/10/13 Posts: 3,105	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  Have to ask why Matt Smith hasn't played since we got wingers?
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] On the subs bench  Registered: 10/10/13 Posts: 683	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  Anyone else sensing an imminent Leeds collapse?
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] On the subs bench  Registered: 10/10/13 Posts: 683	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  I don't believe it....
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] On the subs bench  Registered: 26/10/13 Posts: 89	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  Get your coat Brian 3-0 down now!
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] On the subs bench  Registered: 20/10/13 Posts: 57	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  Let's hope we don't go into admin, as with this bunch of sh.it we will be relegated. Another season of abject mediocrity for us Leeds United fans, season all over by March[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] On the subs bench  Registered: 05/10/13 Posts: 3,105	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  Fiasco Friday? Cellino was right in his actions but wrong in his methods.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] On the subs bench  Registered: 10/10/13 Posts: 683	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  This had collapse written all over it and here we are at 4-0 down. This could easily be 6 by the time this is over. If Brian is still here come Monday I'll be amazed.

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Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  A joke. Can't defend him any more. He's gone once take over goes through if not before

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] On the subs bench  Registered: 05/10/13 Posts: 3,105

Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  4-0 time to go, our best performance of the season was when McDermott wasn't here..diabolical

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] On the subs bench  Registered: 26/10/13 Posts: 89	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  Embarrassing again, 4-0 down at home. Difficult to defend Brian after this.  Always been for giving him a chance and seeing what he can do with money to spend.  But . . . .
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  On the subs bench  Registered: 16/10/13 Posts: 64	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  The experiment with 2 uninterested and out of shape loan wingers will probably cost BMD his job.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  New Signing  Registered: 21/10/13 Posts: 27	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  Lost my support. Season is over and he really needs to leave.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  On the subs bench  Registered: 17/10/13 Posts: 56	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  why can't sam byram get in this team , one of best players last term.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] On the subs bench  Registered: 05/10/13 Posts: 3,105	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  5-0 shocking
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  On the subs bench  Registered: 01/01 Posts: 120	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  Fate sealed Brian. I'm hiding behind the sofa for the next 7 days. Embarrassing
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] 1st Team player  Registered: 09/10/13 Posts: 593	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  grow a pair of balls, eddie...and people were on here quoting eddie's lack of criticism to defend bmac. anyone wanna borrow my broken record?
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  On the subs bench  Registered: 11/10/13 Posts: 60	Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  Season over. Taxi.

For a moment there is hope: 

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] On the subs bench  Registered: 26/10/13 Posts: 89 Posted 08/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  We scored a goal !!!

But it is to no avail. Part Four will deal with post match reaction.   

I'll let the Leeds fans speak for themselves

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] 1st Team player  Registered: 09/10/13 Posts: 593	Posted 09/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  basically, we got mugged by a poor team (not necessarily all poor players) and bmac got out-foxed by freedman.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  On the subs bench  Registered: 12/10/13 Posts: 57	Posted 09/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  Ironically, BM getting what he (rightly) wanted, wingers, has turned things from bad to worse. Destabilizing the midfield by, most often, leaving Byram and Mowatt out, while playing Kebe and Stewart, both out of shape and confidence, plus some additional weired team selections could end BM's time at Elland Road.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] 1st Team player  Registered: 09/10/13 Posts: 593	Posted 09/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  the thing is, dlf, it doesn't take a genius to see that we haven't got the personnel in the centre of the park to play 4-4-2 - despite what loads of fans have been calling for on here, which is why i always said that simply getting wingers won't change a thing (not that i thought wingers were the answer). for me, bmac is just a poor man's 'dinosaur manager', i.e. old fashioned manager like warnock...run around a bit, play long ball and get two wingers on the pitch (but without warnock's organisation).
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] 1st Team player  Registered: 05/10/13 Posts: 380	Posted 09/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  i find it strange that people think the Cellino's aren't allowed to say our players were sh1-te when they pay the wages. if any of my staff showed a complete lack of interest and didn't want to do the job i'd tell 'em exactly where to go. poor footballers, you can't call 'em names as they might get hurt. they should be allowed to happy doing there part-time job on immoral wages. my feckin ar-$e.  __________________ Life's too short to drink cheap wine
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] 1st Team player  Registered: 05/02 Posts: 416	Posted 09/03 [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  Saw this from a BW fan and it just seemed to make it more 'real' somehow. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]   That should simply NEVER happen at home against a team no better than us. All 'nervous' players, please hand in your resignation. All 'under-performing' players please hand in your resignation. All members of the management and coaching staff that are 'under-performing' please hand in your resignation. [size][color] Let's just finish the season with those that really want to play for the Club.  If it means a team of Butland, Byram, Pearce, Murphy (I still have some hope and he DOES work hard if ineffectively), Wickham, McCormack with the rest comprised of youth / development players, so be it. [/color][/size]

There is nothing more that needs to be said. 

Except I have size eleven feet with a wide fit Natasha and I prefer slip ons      

Cheers LPP.

Four parts Lusty, I tried to post it as one thread but for some reason my pc wouldn't do it. Perhaps sluffy can merge them all in some way into one thread?

luckyPeterpiper wrote:Four parts Lusty, I tried to post it as one thread but for some reason my pc wouldn't do it. Perhaps sluffy can merge them all in some way into one thread?

My comment was a mixture of abysmal pun and double entendre rather than a genuine question mate.

No probs lusty. If you happen to hear some glug and gurgle sounds from Preston and some really bad singing it's just me.

Bobbing along, bobbing along at the bottom of the beautiful briney sea ....  

wanderlust wrote:

luckyPeterpiper wrote:Four parts Lusty, I tried to post it as one thread but for some reason my pc wouldn't do it. Perhaps sluffy can merge them all in some way into one thread?

My comment was a mixture of abysmal pun and double entendre rather than a genuine question mate.

Good one, should have seen that myself   

I'm just unusually slow today mate  

And the award for bravest poster goes to Peter!!

Thank you CEF.      

Thanks for this   

It was a shit joke TBF!

No problem rebel. If Nat doesn't want to put one up after a win like that then I thought I might as well. We don't have many days like Saturday and I didn't want to let it get past the Derby match before we had a chance to enjoy one last laugh at Leeds fans.  

Thanks Lucky! I've merged the posts too - Thee's a limit on the number of characters in a thread, so you could post part1, then add part 2 as a reply etc

Good stuff LPP, a few comments there from Leeds fans that we were all reading on here not too long back.

aaron_bwfc wrote:Good stuff LPP, a few comments there from Leeds fans that we were all reading on here not too long back.

I agree, had a real sense o deja-vu and wondered if I'd wandered onto our board right after the Reading fiasco when I saw these. Sluffy, thanks, I should have thought of that myself or perhaps just made the BEL shorter but I only picked out what I saw as the best for us. Also, if anyone's wondering I did NOT edit the posts at all, it seems that the board I visited doesn't allow swear words although of course many of the posters used the usual ways around that. 

I took a peek over there half an hour ago and it's still getting comments, none of them good about Brian McDermott, his players, their masculinity and ancestry. The Leeds fans are being extremely vocal and quite creative in their suggestions as to what should be done to their manager and players.  

I'm BoltonTillIDie, nice to meet you :p

BoltonTillIDie wrote:I'm BoltonTillIDie, nice to meet you :p

Hi BTID, I know it's a long thread mate but with so many posts on that board I did my best to edit it down without losing the overall direction and spirit of the Leeds fans.